3/17 Class - Writing With Folklore with Jessica Reidy - $40/$32 For Members
Date: 3/17
Time: 3 pm - 5 pm PST
Cost: $40/ $32 for members
Class Level: All
Link and materials will be emailed at least 30 minutes before class.
Folklore runs through all stories in some form or another. The oldest stories we have were passed down orally, and sometimes collected and written for generations to enjoy. Folklore may be one of our best examples of the evolutionary necessity of stories, as folktales are often packed with advice for survival, for maintaining social order and cultural values, and for living a good and respectable life. As such, they are full of transgressions and danger, both mystical and mundane, to teach these lessons. In this class, I would like to share a favorite animated Romani folk tale from the “Gypsy Tales” project, a short story by Carmen Maria Machado, and a poem by Hedina Sijercic to demonstrate the way that folk tales can be the entrancing backbone to contemporary fiction and poetry. Students will be encouraged ahead of time to select a folk story that they would like to work with, and after the lecture portion, students will be offered a selection of prompts to guide them through creating their own writing entangled with folklore. The goal is to help students find different approaches to retelling, referencing, and honoring folk stories in a way that highlights their own unique styles.
Your Instructor: Jessica Reidy is a writer and educator with works in Narrative Magazine as Story of the Week, Prairie Schooner, The Kenyon Review online, and other publications. She is the winner of the Nancy Thorp Poetry Prize, the Penelope Nivens Award for Creative Nonfiction, and the Glenna Luschei Prize, and her work has been nominated for a Pushcart and Best of the Net. She is a co-host of Romanistan podcast alongside Paulina Verminski, which is a celebration of Roma, rebels, and roots. Under the name Jezmina Von Thiele, she is a dancer, healer, artist, art model, and fortune teller, dealing in tarot, palmistry, and tea leaves. She tells fortunes in her Roma/Sinti family’s tradition. She is a queer witch, and can be found at jessicareidy.com and jezminavonthiele.com.
Date: 3/17
Time: 3 pm - 5 pm PST
Cost: $40/ $32 for members
Class Level: All
Link and materials will be emailed at least 30 minutes before class.
Folklore runs through all stories in some form or another. The oldest stories we have were passed down orally, and sometimes collected and written for generations to enjoy. Folklore may be one of our best examples of the evolutionary necessity of stories, as folktales are often packed with advice for survival, for maintaining social order and cultural values, and for living a good and respectable life. As such, they are full of transgressions and danger, both mystical and mundane, to teach these lessons. In this class, I would like to share a favorite animated Romani folk tale from the “Gypsy Tales” project, a short story by Carmen Maria Machado, and a poem by Hedina Sijercic to demonstrate the way that folk tales can be the entrancing backbone to contemporary fiction and poetry. Students will be encouraged ahead of time to select a folk story that they would like to work with, and after the lecture portion, students will be offered a selection of prompts to guide them through creating their own writing entangled with folklore. The goal is to help students find different approaches to retelling, referencing, and honoring folk stories in a way that highlights their own unique styles.
Your Instructor: Jessica Reidy is a writer and educator with works in Narrative Magazine as Story of the Week, Prairie Schooner, The Kenyon Review online, and other publications. She is the winner of the Nancy Thorp Poetry Prize, the Penelope Nivens Award for Creative Nonfiction, and the Glenna Luschei Prize, and her work has been nominated for a Pushcart and Best of the Net. She is a co-host of Romanistan podcast alongside Paulina Verminski, which is a celebration of Roma, rebels, and roots. Under the name Jezmina Von Thiele, she is a dancer, healer, artist, art model, and fortune teller, dealing in tarot, palmistry, and tea leaves. She tells fortunes in her Roma/Sinti family’s tradition. She is a queer witch, and can be found at jessicareidy.com and jezminavonthiele.com.
Date: 3/17
Time: 3 pm - 5 pm PST
Cost: $40/ $32 for members
Class Level: All
Link and materials will be emailed at least 30 minutes before class.
Folklore runs through all stories in some form or another. The oldest stories we have were passed down orally, and sometimes collected and written for generations to enjoy. Folklore may be one of our best examples of the evolutionary necessity of stories, as folktales are often packed with advice for survival, for maintaining social order and cultural values, and for living a good and respectable life. As such, they are full of transgressions and danger, both mystical and mundane, to teach these lessons. In this class, I would like to share a favorite animated Romani folk tale from the “Gypsy Tales” project, a short story by Carmen Maria Machado, and a poem by Hedina Sijercic to demonstrate the way that folk tales can be the entrancing backbone to contemporary fiction and poetry. Students will be encouraged ahead of time to select a folk story that they would like to work with, and after the lecture portion, students will be offered a selection of prompts to guide them through creating their own writing entangled with folklore. The goal is to help students find different approaches to retelling, referencing, and honoring folk stories in a way that highlights their own unique styles.
Your Instructor: Jessica Reidy is a writer and educator with works in Narrative Magazine as Story of the Week, Prairie Schooner, The Kenyon Review online, and other publications. She is the winner of the Nancy Thorp Poetry Prize, the Penelope Nivens Award for Creative Nonfiction, and the Glenna Luschei Prize, and her work has been nominated for a Pushcart and Best of the Net. She is a co-host of Romanistan podcast alongside Paulina Verminski, which is a celebration of Roma, rebels, and roots. Under the name Jezmina Von Thiele, she is a dancer, healer, artist, art model, and fortune teller, dealing in tarot, palmistry, and tea leaves. She tells fortunes in her Roma/Sinti family’s tradition. She is a queer witch, and can be found at jessicareidy.com and jezminavonthiele.com.